Vehicle road-track.



, E, F, BROWN. VEHICLE ROAD TRACK. APPLICATiGN FILED 056.21, 1916.

Patntd May'8,1917

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k UNITED 'strAiEs P T OFFICE ERIC F. BROWN, 01? BUXTON, 'Al

. of. Iowa, lipve invented several views:

VEHICLE ROAD-TRACK.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Elite F. BRO N, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Buxton, in, the county ofMonroe and State certain new and useful Imprd'yements in VehicleRoad-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved road track: for vehicles and hasas its pri mary object to provide a track which may be erected upon avehicle roadway to-accommodate the traffic thereover, thus dispensingwith the necessity for surfacing the road and eliminating the consequentexpense incident thereto.

The invention has as a further object to provide a track of the abovedescribed ch aracter having rails and wherein the said rails will beconnected and supported by cross ties embedded in the roadway andsecured by anchoring stakes And the invention has as a still furtherobject to so form the said rails that a vehicle may easily follow thetrack and wherein the said rails" will be provided with suction cupsadapted for c'ot'iperation with the tires of the vehicle to preventslipping of the vehicle tires and wherein thesaid rails will also beprovided with drain openings therefor.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds andin the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment ofthe invention and wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the a fragmentary perspective 3 Figure '1is portion of myimproved view showing a.

- track and. illustrating the preferred arrangenecting and supportingthe rails of ment of drain openings and vacuum cups in the track rails,y

Fig. 2 is a sectional view more particularly showing one of the crossties for conthe track the track as well as the 'manner in which i railsare secured to the said tie,

l the particular type ,erably employed in Fig. 3, is a detail sectionalview showin of drain openings pre the track rails as well as the type ofvacuum cup forinedin the said rails to coiiperate with the tires of avehicle,

openings 11 are presented downwardly;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation shoiwing a slightly an Fig. 5 isa fragmentary perspectiveview.

showing a still further modified form of rail construction.

In carrying out the invention, my imtrack is formed with coacting provedroad rails 10 arranged a suitable distance apart in substantiallyparallel relation for receiving a vehicle of the ordinary gage. Therails 10 may lie constructed of metal, wood or other suitable materialand are each formed of a plurality of sections of ap-,

proved length. ';As particularly shown in Fig. 3, the sail rails arechannel shaped or substantially 'concavo-convex in c1'oss-sec tion withthe c on'ca-ve sides thereof presented upwardly to provide ruts forreceiving the wheels of a vehicle- In thus forming the rail sections,whe vehicle may easily follow the track.

Patented May 8, 191a.

modified form 'of rail,

- Formed in the sections of the rails at suit I able longitudinallyspaced fpoints, are transversely arran ged'serieso drain-Openings 11,and a suction cup or pocket 12 arranged in alinement with the saidopenings of each series. The (rain openings 11 are, as particularly sliovn in conical form: tion with the smaller ends Fig. 3, preferably ofthereof prese ited downwardly and it will be noted upoii reference toFig. 1, that the cups 12 are preferably alternately arranged atoppositeer ds of the series of openings 11 or adjacent opposite sidesof therails 10.

desirable tostate I At this point, it may be that the rails arepreferably formed of suitable metaland it the-rails. Tl 1e cups 152aredesigned' to cooperate with the tires of a vehicle foi" creating apartial vacuum at the several points o er the said openings, will tendin passing itliin the said openings so that to 1am air 5 re adapted toeffectually drain.

will be noted that the In this connection,'

the vehicle tires these openings will then, in effect, provide 1 andvacuum cups in the rails.

air pockets cooperating with the vehicle tires to further increase thetraction of the vehicle.

Arranged to support the rails 10 at the meeting ends thereof arecormecting or cross ties 13. These ties each include a body sunk intothe roadway upon which the track is to be mounted and provided at itsextremities with upstanding legs 11 having laterally projecting arms 15extending outwardly in opposite directions from the upper ex-.trelnities thereof. These arms are, as shown in dotted lines in F ig. 1,slightly enlarged and are disposed immediately beneath the surface ofthe roadway to support the rails projecting slightly above the roadsurface. Driven through the arms 15 into the roadbed are anchoring,stakes 16 for the ties adapted to securely hold thesaid ties inopsrative position.

It will now be observed that the meeting ends of the rail sections arerested upon the arms 15 of the ties and fitted beneath the outer sidesof the said rail sections at the joints therebetween, are wedge blocks17 designed to hold the rail sections from tilting. Connecting the railsections with the said arms is a plurality of bolts or other suitablefastening devices 18 which are fitted through the ends of the railsections and through the blocks17 to engage the arms 15 for securelyholding the rails in position upon the ties and maintaining the blocks17 against displacement.

From the preceding description, it will be seen that I thus provide avehicle track which may be readily erected upon a roadway so thatvehicles may travel upon the track to consequently, dispense with thenecessity for surfacing the road and while I have indicated that thecross ties 13 are employed only at the joints between the rail sections,still, it will be understood that any approved number of ties may beused and arranged at suitablv spaced points longitudinally of the track.track rails are of such construction that a vehicle may easily followthe track while, at the same time, any tendency of the vehicle wheels toslip is-reduced to a minimum through. the provision of the drainopenings In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have illustrated 'a slightmodification of-the invention wherein the cross ties 13 areieliminated.

I In this modification,' the rail, sections 19 i are formed at theirextremities with laterally directed mating terminals 20'adapted to besecured together by-a plurality of bolts or other suitable fasteningdevices 21 with the said terminals forming an anchor-. ing stake or armdesigned to be driven into the ground for supporting the rail sections,This construction pro in active position. vides a very simplearrangement formount- Furthermore, the' ing the track rails which, insome instances, may be found desirable. Since the rail sections 19 areotherwise formed in accordance with the rail sections'of the preferredform of the invention a further description thereof isdeemed-unnecessary.

In Fig. of the drawings, I have illustrated a still further modificationof the invention which relates more particularly to the construction ofrail employed. In this modification, the track rails are each formed ofa plurality of cement blocks 22. The said blocks may be of any approvedlength and are arranged end to end. Connected to one end of eachof theblocks are locking pins 23 arranged for engagement in the meetingterminal of the next adjacent block for rigidly connecting the severalblocks of the rail. The blocks 22, upon the upper side thereof, areformed with concave channels 2% to receive the wheels of a vehicle,these channels providing ruts for the vehicle wheels so that the vehiclemay easily follow the track.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A vehicle track for highway trailic in eluding coacting rails forreceiving the wheels of a vehicle, cross ties connecting the rails, andanchoring stakes for the said ties arranged with the rails overlying theupper extremities of said stakes for holding the stakes against upwarddisplacement.

2. A road track for vehicles including coacting rails formed to receivethe wheels of a vehicle and provided with cupped tread surfaces.

3. Avehicle track for highway trafiic including coacting rails forreceiving the wheels of a vehicle, cross ties having the rails seatedthereon, blocks mounted upon the ties and engaging beneath opposite-.margins of the rails for holding the rails tilting with respect to theties, and means connecting the rails with the ties.

5. A road track for yehicles including coacting rails? med to receivethe wheels of the vehicle and provided with longitudinally tapered rainopenings, the said dram openings being' arranged with the smaller hereofpresented downwardly and being adapted to provide air pockets in thetread. surfaces of the rails.

, '6. A road. track for vehicles including an? acting rails formed. toreceive the wheels of a vehicle and each provided et.1ongitudinallyspaced points upon the tread surface thereof with trane'vemely arrangedseries ERIC F. ieiiwwfl. -1

